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Anchovy Toast with Fried Bacon and Oyster

From The housekeeper's guide to preserved meats, fruits, vegetables, &c, 1880

These are sometimes called 'flying angels' or 'devils on horseback' when cayenne pepper is added.

Presented as published in 1880. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's guide to preserved meats, fruits, vegetables, &c (1880), page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

some round pieces of bread, and fry them a bright golden-brown colour in some lard, and drain it. Smear over the bread with a thin coating of anchovy paste. Lay on the top of that a piece of hot fried bacon-fat, cut if possible as thin as a five-pound note. Place on the top of the bacon-fat a roast oyster

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